Bill Bryson Odd Quotations

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place.

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.